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Timeline Of The Near Future

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1. August will be the first time Pluto reaches aphelion since its discovery.






2. Transit of Mercury.






3. Triple conjunction Mars






4. Cosmic Call 1 will reach its destination - the star Gliese 777.






5. 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup to be held in Russia.






6. Transit of Venus on June 11.






7. 7th millennium begins in the Hebrew calendar.






8. 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup to be held in Russia.






9. Transit of Mercury.






10. Halley's Comet returns to the inner Solar System.






11. The second full orbit of Neptune around the sun since its discovery in 1846.






12. First expected manned mission to Mars by NASA.






13. Lease held by the Pitjantjatjara people on Uluru to Australian government set to expire.






14. The Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (comprising Saudi Arabia - Oman - United Arab Emirates - Bahrain - Kuwait and Qatar) hope to establish monetary union in this year. FIFA Confederations Cup to be held in Brazil. 34th America's C






15. Triple conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn.






16. 2019 Rugby World Cup to be held in Japan. 2019 Cricket World Cup to be held in England.






17. 2018 FIFA World Cup to be held in Russia. 2018 Winter Olympics to be held in Pyeongchang - South Korea.






18. Mercury occults Neptune.






19. Solar eclipse of 7 min 26 s - saros 139.






20. The Green Wall of China is expected to be completed.






21. Brood X - the largest brood of North American seventeen-year cicadas - will emerge.






22. The second full orbit of Neptune around the sun since its discovery in 1846.






23. Return of Halley's Comet.






24. First expected manned mission to Mars by NASA.






25. The M1 Abrams will be retired from service.






26. The Message From Earth will reach Gliese 581.






27. Asteroid 2007 VK184 has a chance of 1 in 3030 of hitting Earth in this year.






28. On December 2 at 12-32 UTC Mars will occult Jupiter.






29. The Message From Earth will reach Gliese 581.






30. Lease held by the Pitjantjatjara people on Uluru to Australian government set to expire.






31. At 15-28 UTC - on September 14 - Venus will eclipse Jupiter.






32. 99942 Apophis has a 1 in 250000 chance of hitting Earth on April 19.






33. 2019 Rugby World Cup to be held in Japan. 2019 Cricket World Cup to be held in England.






34. Beginning of the 16th century according to the Islamic calendar.






35. 'First Plutonian anniversary' of the dwarf planet's discovery - given that Pluto's orbit is just under 248 Earth years.






36. Solar eclipse of 7 min 29 s (very close to the theoretical maximum) - saros 139 - 'crowing' this serie. This is predicted to be the longest eclipse during the current 10000 year period - from 4000 BC to AD 6000 (eclipse predictions by Fred Espenak -






37. Two solar eclipses will occur in this year.






38. There will be a Solar Eclipse on August 21.






39. Transit of Mercury and an occultation of Jupiter by Venus.






40. Triple conjunction Mars






41. Triple conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn.






42. Triple conjunction of Mars and Saturn.






43. Construction of Sagrada Familia to be completed.






44. Year 2038 problem - similar to the Year 2000 problem may occur on this date.






45. The Chernobyl exclusion zone becomes habitable.






46. Triple conjunction Mars






47. Transit of Venus on June 11.






48. March 17






49. Mercury occults Neptune.






50. On March 14 (which will be February 29 in the Julian calendar) - the difference between the Julian calendar and the Gregorian calendar reaches 14 days. Since 14 is divisible by 7 - this will be the first time in history since its inception that the G